City Pursue Elliot Anderson as Rivals Circle

Saturday's newspapers: the main stories and transfer rumour round-up.

Premier League

• Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea are reportedly set to battle for Elliot Anderson, who is valued at around £100m (The Sun).
• City have made Anderson a priority for next season and are keen to move ahead of their rivals in the race for his signature (Daily Mail).
• A former Chelsea employee has admitted stealing in excess of £200,000 from the club (The Telegraph).
• Five Manchester United academy players have been promoted to first-team training, among them 15-year-old JJ Gabriel (The Sun).
• United have said former players Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt would be welcome back at the club after both voiced complaints about ticket allocations (The Sun).
• Ex-Manchester United and Chelsea midfielder Juan Sebastián Verón has been handed a six-month ban by Argentina’s FA after telling his Estudiantes players to refuse a guard of honour for Rosario Central (The Independent).

European football

• The obligation-to-buy clause in Nicolas Jackson’s loan to Bayern Munich is reported to be becoming difficult to fulfil, making a return to Chelsea more likely (Daily Mail).
• Real Madrid have reportedly informed Liverpool they do not intend to make a move for defender Ibrahima Konaté (The Athletic).

World Cup

• Iran is preparing to boycott next week’s World Cup draw after the president of its football federation was denied a US visa (The Guardian).

Scottish football

• James Taylor, son of former SFA chief executive David Taylor, has emerged as a serious contender to become Rangers’ new chief executive (The Scottish Sun).

NFL

• Wembley Stadium is scheduled to host three NFL games in 2026 (The Sun).

Formula 1

• Former F1 driver Adrian Sutil has been arrested amid allegations of fraud and embezzlement (BILD).

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